This is what James Gurney ( Gurney Journey) had to say about the book earlier in the year It also has a very good section on composition which alone makes the book a good buy! Anybody involved in figurative art and portraying subject matter in a realistic way - even when imagined - will find it very useful.

This is emphatically NOT a book which is just for artists involved in fantasy and fictional art.

He tackles traditional concepts without any sense of the 'same old same old'.

He packs a huge amount of information into one book rather than delivering a publication which is very thin in content terms.

He creates a book which appeals to those starting out and those who are experienced in this field.

He tackles complex topics - and renders them easy to understand.

It's very important to note that, at a time when many publishers of art instruction books are finding yet more ways to regurgitate existing content that they've already paid for into yet another format or cover, James Gurney confounds all the myths about the publication of art books. He's writing about what he knows, he writes from a position of many years expertise and he shares an absolutely amazing amount of content and material. This long time artist and author produces what he wants to do the way he wants to do it. It gets a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating from me and this comment This is rather later than I anticipated, but you can now read my Book Review - Imaginative Realism by James Gurney on Making A Mark reviews.

(from Dinotopia website - Dinotopia Art Step-by-Step)

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